Key gardaí evidence in gun murder admissable

The shooting took place during a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in DublinNIALL CARSON/PA

Key evidence in identifying Patrick Hutch as one of the gunmen involved in the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in Dublin almost two years ago has been ruled admissible.

The defence objected to evidence that two detectives, Fergal O’Flaherty and Jonathan Brady, had “immediately recognized” Mr Hutch as the man dressed as a woman and holding a gun in a photo taken outside the hotel on the day of the killing.

Mr Justice Tony Hunt, presiding at the three-judge court, said there was no evidence the detectives were together when they made the identification.